Re: x10 arrrrrrrrrrrrggggg

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Magicj" <magicj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello.  Thank you for taking your time to help me.  It's fixed !!!!
> (dancing on the ceiling.)  I do have two motion detectors however they
> are currently not set to trigger as they don't work.  (a future
> question)  I took your advice Bobby G and changed the code on the light
> switch to 15 and now it works fine.

Great!  I can add another notch to my powerline analyzer!

> I should tell you that the switch
>  worked as a "Stand alone"  The problem only presented itself when
> using the fine software known as Activehome professional.  I am
> guessing that it for some silly reason is sending the E1 signal when I
> turn the E16 switch on and off.  For whatever reason it now works and I
> thank you.  Here is a list of what I have.  Activehome pro with the
> white box and usb thing.  2 cameras one color one black and white.  2
> lamp modules.  1 three way in wall switch.  1 wall switch (now working
> thanks to Mr. G).  1 Socket rocket.  1 brown motion detector.  1 white.
>  1 220v coupler on my dryer.  1 ninja pan and tilt turtle.  1 appliance
> module.  1 TM (the thing that now stays on).  I'm in a two bedroom
> home.
>     Now all the lights seem to work.  The socket rocket is on a shelf.
> I don't care to mess with that now.  Here is my next question.

Lots of people report troubles with socket rockets.  Try to use it upright
and use it with low wattage bulbs.

>     The ninja pan and tilt works well with the remote control however
> it does not always work with Activehome Iwitness.  Sometimes it works
> most times it does not.  The camera works (when my D-link is off) but
> the motion does not.  I have unplugged everything in the house except
> my computer as it controls the camera.  (If you ever try this don't
> forget to switch the hotwater heater back on.)  Trust me it's easy to
> forget to do that.

I did it and managed to blit out the programming on the VCR causing my wife
to miss the series finale of one of her favorite TV shows.  Not good!  I
bought a UPS for the stinking VCR after that.

> My computer is on a very nice surge protector.  (so
> I'm told)  I have moved the plug and camera around the house.  I have
> moved the TM around the house.  I have pluged the ninja into the same
> outlet as white usb box.  I have purchased 24 feet of usb cable and
> moved the white box thing around the house.  (I can now put my Labtec
> Web cam in every room of the house with 24 feet why do I want to do
> this?)  How does the ninja pan work?  Is it RF or the line signal?
> Does the white box on the usb send RF signals?  Why might it not work
> with active home?    Thank you all for taking the time to read this.  I
> promise future questions will be shorter.
> Magicj
> (turning my working light on and off)

I'm sorry I can't help you with this.  I was so unimpressed by X-10 software
and camera offerings that I never investigated further after a buying a few
of them.  All I can say is good luck!

--
Bobby G.

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